The Frente para la Defensa de los Pueblos Hugo Chavez (FDPHC) wishes to publicly express its serious preoccupation about the election results of last Sunday June 17 in Colombia that favoured the far rightwing Ivan Duque over centre-left Gustavo Petro. The FDPHC cannot take a position on the legitimacy of the elections in Colombia and will refer…

The Organization of American States (OAS) is a Cold War-era group that acts as a vehicle for US influence, opposing leftist governments in Latin America. Journalist Max Blumenthal challenged the OAS on its extreme anti-Venezuela bias and enlisting of right-wing pro-Israel lobbyists to demonize Nicolas Maduro.

On May 20thVenezuelans will exert their right to elect their president and other local officials. It will be the 25thtime that election of any type, and the fifth presidential election to take place since 1999 when Hugo Chavez was elected president. Venezuelans take great pride in this fact in a region that has seen far…

Nino Pagliccia, one of the organizers of the Hugo Chavez Front from Vancouver, was recently interviewed by renowned political analyst Andrew Korybko based in Moscow on his radio program Trendstorm. You can hear the podcast of the interview here (first 10 minutes and 30 seconds). The transcript of the interview follows. Andrew Korybko – What are some…